Glossop's Mountain Rescue team had four call outs in one week as they helped to search the hills for stranded or missing people.

Glossop's Mountain Rescue team had four call outs in one week as they helped to search the hills for stranded or missing people.

The busy week began on Sunday October 28 when the team were called out to search for a party of eight who had been caught out by the darker evenings.

The group were stuck in the upper Alport area of Bleaklow and due to the size of the group the team was assisted by Edale Mountain Rescue.

After helping the walkers off the hills, and carrying one person off by stretcher the team were stood down at 12.30am.

On Tuesday evening around 4.30pm the team was called to search Bleaklow again – this time for a group of five young people on a Duke of Edinburgh gold expedition.

Due to the size of the search area and time of day the team were assisted by Woodhead MRT.

The group was found safe and well by Glossop team in the area of Higher Shelf.

Two days later the team was called out again to assist Kinder Mountain Rescue at the Edale Cross area of Kinder Scout who were searching for a group of seven. The walkers were found by Kinder volunteers and were taken from the moor by an RAF Sea King helicopter.

On Saturday the team joined Oldham, Bolton, Woodhead and Kinder teams in the police search for missing Oldham runner Kenneth Kennedy in the Park Bridge area of Ashton.

Mr Kennedy’s body was found on Saddleworth Moor that morning.

The team is funded almost entirely through public donations, which allow them to buy the kit they need to train and attend call outs.

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